There are two basic R&D structures that have emerged in companies throughout the commerce spectrum. One R&D model is a department that is staffed primarily by engineers who develop new products, a task that typically involves extensive research. The other model involves a department composed of industrial scientists or researchers, all tasked with applied research in technical, scientific or industrial fields, which is aimed at the facilitation of the development of future products or the improvement of current products and/or operating procedures.

A critical hit means that you roll your damage twice (adding to each roll all your usual bonuses, including any additional damage from special abilities) and then add the rolls together to determine the damage dealt.

That appears more relevant.

What is a barleywine? A barleywine is a style of beer not wine. The name harkens back to a time where beer was typically sold at 5-7% abv. Being 10-15% abv, this style is more in line with wine. While a stout or IPA sold at 10% is not unheard of today, a barleywine transcends both because unlike the other two where the flavor profile is dominated by hops or malt, this is meant to be balanced.

This means the immense amount of malt is equally met with an immense amount of hops, resulting in a complex flavor profile—like wine. Also like wine, it can be aged because of the high alcohol content. This is not one for the faint of heart.

Ninkasi put out several others to market in my area that I liked. This one does not dissapoint. Critical Hit R&D easily scores a 4.5/5.

I can’t say I’m all that edgumacated on barleywine, I’ll have start trying some of those. I guess I see wine and think tannic which I do not handle well or as a beer maybe vinegary which I am not a fan of. Doesn’t sound like it’s either.

They’re an institution up here. While they’re not my favorite of the local breweries, they are solid. They’ve only had a couple of real misses that I can think of off the top of my head. I’m planning on heading down to Masthead at some point today as they’re celebrating their second anniversary. I might make my way down to Southern Tier just so I can once again say I’ve been to all of the breweries in Cleveland.

Not sure when it popped up on there menu but would have been in last couple weeks because I always will try a Blond when I see one. #toxicmasculinity. It definitely had a distinct flavor to it. Definitely want to sample it first if you can:)

I can’t, but most of them are between my work and house. A lot will depend on how many they add onto the trail this year. Since last year, there have been half a dozen breweries that opened in the Akron area and there were a couple that weren’t on the trail last year. I’m just about done with the Cleveland brewery passport that just launched last year. There’s one that’s become a running joke, since they’re only open 8 hours a week.

Now that the government is back up, you should be aware that the labels for barleywines can’t just say barleywine. They must include ale so that consumers won’t get confused and think this is wine that is made of crushed barley somehow.

Fat Head’s is legitimately good. They are one of the only breweries in the world that has won a medal at the Great American Beer Fest every year they’ve been open. I’m not even aware of any real marketing they do, versus Great Lakes where they’ve got radio commercials and the like.

I’ll stream the Cleveland ESPN station sometimes for a bit of schadenfreude and they do quite a few live reads for them. I went once when I was back but things were a bit hazy that night and I don’t remember the beer being anything to write home about, bit again, I was in rough shape.

They’re very much a hop head brewery, but the best seller is the Bumbleberry. The head brewer hates that beer, but it pays the bills, and lets him make the beers that he prefers. They’re new location is huge, and almost always packed. They also do a non-alcoholic root beer for the kiddies. Close to the production facility is the Brew Kettle (another good brewery), and there’s a brewery going into Fat Head’s old production facility.